A photograph of a man dressed in women’s clothing being escorted by army personnel was shared by right-wing writer Madhu Kishwar. She claimed that he was captured during the July…
Is Siddhivinayak Temple trustee Muslim & president of Tirupati Balaji Christian? False claim viral
Recently, a claim has been making the rounds on social media that the trustee of Mumbai’s famous Siddhivinayak Temple is a man named Salim, while the president of the Tirupati…
Video of policeman beaten up in Ghaziabad in 2018 viral as Bareilly
A 25-second video of a mob beating a policeman has recently gone viral. The visuals show a woman hitting the cop with slippers. It is being claimed that ‘peacefuls’ (perojative…
Parody post claiming Owaisi said he will convert to Hinduism believed to be true
On December 5, NDTV reported that the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TSR) won 55 of 150 wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election. The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) secured…
Most Facebook fact-checking partners in India fail to fact-check BJP-led misinformation
Social media giant Facebook has repeatedly come under the scanner after multiple reports of the company evading responsibility for hateful content and misinformation thriving on the platform. A Buzzfeed report…
Old video of protest by Muslim community in Paris revived after French teacher’s killing
French teacher Samuel Paty was recently beheaded in Paris by 18-year-old teenager Abdoulakh Anzorov. Paty had shown caricatures of Prophet Mohammed during a class on freedom of expression, in relation…
Photos of two unrelated cases viral to manufacture a false ‘love Jihad’ story
Twitter handle ‘@BJPBalochistan’ shared three pictures on August 27 along with the claim that a Hindu girl died in a ‘love Jihad’ incident. Two out of the three pictures are…
Derogatory painting of Hindu deity Krishna from 5 years ago revived on social media
On August 17, News Nation anchor Deepak Chaurasia tweeted that Akram Hussain, a painter in Assam, exhibited an offensive picture of Hindu deity Krishna in a Guwahati art gallery. “I’m…
Old video falsely viral as US students sing Indian national anthem to thank India for HCQ
Madhu Kishwar, who has often been found circulating misinformation on Twitter, quote-tweeted a video of a multi-ethnic group singing the Indian national anthem. The tweet claimed that the song was…
Journalist Arfa Khanum’s speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers
“The Islamists want CAA protests to be ‘inclusive’ only till the time you, the non Muslims, start accepting their religious identity, beliefs and supremacist slogans as gospel,” tweeted BJP IT cell…